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J9U3. M. B. HUNGA'i'K
. Another Chinese puzzle: Do the Judges
make the oniliirs or do the balllfTs make
the JndgesV
Our Methodist visitors can have any
thing they want ly simply asking for
It excepting rain. '
The Oiu.ilui tJrnin Exchange is the offi
cial title of (he organization that will
luuk Omaha us n grain mnrket Paste
that in yonr lint for ready reference.
nomemher that fifteen yearn ago peo
ple said Omnhu could never build up a
cattle market. .It la the same people, or
their direct desfndants, who are baying
now that Omaha can never build np a
Krnln mnrket.
It certainly would be rubbing it In for
tiovernnr Mickey to call an txtra ses
sion of the legislature nftei the :one
demtcrat from Douglas county has re
signs and yielded his honorary title to
a republican successor.
The autl-Moruion petitions continue to
pour into congress asking the expulsion
of Senator Ueed 8nioot and are being
referred to the appropriate comtvlttees.
In the meantime Senator Siuoot Is hold
ing down his Heat In quiet comfort
Attorney (lenerul Trout has made a
guess that guessing contests on St.
Louis' World's fair attendance do not
go in this stnte. The significant part of
It Is that the attorney general's guess
stands until reversed by the courts.
Evil days have, certainly fallen upon
Spain. Here is the premier minister
Ignoring a public challenge to light a
duel. Spanish chivairy must be at a
low bb if it will tHinely submit to the
supremacy of the 'law over the code of
honor. ,
i .
Alaska's delegates to the republican
' national convention h;.ve been chosen
this week and instructed for Itoosevelt
.Most careful Inquiry falls to show
whether Alaska has a vice presidential
candidate that It wants to run for the
second place on the ticket.
The management of the Lewis aud
Clink exposition to be held iii Port
land is asking congress to assist by a
government appropriation of 12.125,000.
With SI. Ixuis setting the record mark
tt ."),0O0,tKio, Portland sees no good
reason for being bashful In Its demands.
Colonel Rryan, Just before setting sail
'or Europe, relieved the political at
mosphere by ngiilti declaring that he Ik
not a candidate for the democratic presi
dential nomination for V.tOI. The other
candidates onht lo appreciate Mr
Hryan's self-wtcrlilce In getting out of
their way.
Not over a third of the land in the
Minnesota Indian ' reservation Just
thrown rpeuf to entry has been tiled
upon. It is sale lo say. however, that
the part not yet taken up is land that
will not pay to cultivate under present
conditions. Uncle Sam's peal estate
does not stay long on the bargain' coun
ter these days.
. The threat to sue the bondsmen of the !
members of the city council to liold them
responsible for damages arising In the
controversy between I lie rival paving
companies Is not likely to worry the
councllmen. If there Is a chsc on record
where anyone ever recovered anything
on a councilman's lsmd It has not yet
beeil uncovered. '
liovernor Mickey denies tliHt he Is
contemplating the summoning of the
legislature in extra session in the event
the supreme court vcliies the new reve
nue law uff the statute book ss uncon
stitutional. It will Im- time enough to
cross that bridge w hen we reach it. It
will not le tSovernor Mickey move
until after th court takes a tuiu.
CALLisa nm ittronMATivit.
In the house of. representatives .on
Monday a resolution was Introduced and
adopted requesting the president to com-
munlcate to the house, if not Incom
patible with the interests of the public
service, all correspondence and other
official documents relating to the revolt
In the Isthmus of Pnnnma. On Wednes
day a similar resolution was Introduced
In the senate by Senator Culloin, chair
man of the committee on foreign rela
tions, which was referred to that com
nnttee and will doubtless be very
promptly rejwrted to the senate with n
recommendation for Its adoption.
This action of the republicans In both
branches of congress In calling upon
the administration for the facts In re
gard to the Panama revolt was un
doubtedly something of a surprise to
the democrats, who according to Wash
ington reports had hoped to place the
majority on the defensive by seizing a
favorable opportunity to press through
Just se.ch a resolution as was adopted
by the house. Had they been per
mitted to make this move, remarks the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, they would have grasped
the occasion as one tending to great
partisan advantage, and from It In
tended to manufacture political capTtal
In the consideration of the subject by
congress. As it is, the correspondence
will be mnde public and the majority,
not the minority, Is responsible for that
action.
In the conferences that have been
held between the president and mem
bers of congress, since the Panama epi
sode, it Is not to be doubted that this
question of making public the corre
spondence relating to the matter waa
considered and that assurance was
given of the. entire willingness of the
administration to supply congress and
the country with full information.
There Is no reason to believe that the
administration desires to conceal a sin
gle fact In regard to the Pannma revolt
and we confidently venture the predic
tion that when u response is mnde to
the request of congress for Information
It will be conclusively shown that our
government, whatever Its v knowledge
may have been of the state of feeling in
Panama, had no agency whatever in
promoting the revolution. It Is possible
that American, Influence may have been
exerted upon the people of the Isthmus,
that commercial Interests deeply con
cerned In the construction of an inter
oceanic cannl were Instrumental in en
couraging the revolt, but the assumption
that the authorities at Washington had
anything to do with it we believe to le
an utterly groundless and gratuitous
calumny, which we have not a shadow
of doubt will in due time be demon
strated to the satisfaction of all fair
minded men.
Meanwhile the republicans in congress
have shown their absolute confidence in
the wisdom and fairness of the adminis
tration's course, which unquestionably
lias the indorsement of the great ma
jority of the American people.
uevwEtt fur all ti.vk.
Vhat was a significant remark that
was made, a few days agd by Prime
Minister Balfour, in the course of an
address, to the effect that the Alaska
boundary dispute had been decided for
all time. The British premier expressed
regret that the decision was not more
favorable to Canada, but he said that
the two small islands, the loss of which
had aroused such great feeling, are
really valueless from a strategic and
military point of view. Ho declared
that however the balance of advantage
went, "the gain to the United States or
the loss to Canada Is nothing compared
with the final removal of this subject of
dispute between the two great countries
and that the decision must be loyally
accepted, for the removal of so serious
a controversy is an inestimable boon."
An expression of this kind from the
British prlmo minister, whose solicitude
for the interests and welfare of the en
tire empire over which he has virtual
control is not to le doubted, ought to
have great influence with the people of
Canada. Mr. Bolfour undoubtedly rec
ognizes the Justice and fuiroess of the
decision and he especially realizes and
appreciates its great Importance to the
peaceful relations of the two countries.
The people of Canada should have the
wisdom to take a like view of it.
TH R&CtPRUClTr HILL.
The bill introduced iu the house of
representatives by Mr. Payne, chairman
of the committee on ways and means,
was undoubtedly framed with a view to
avoiding any issue with the senato in
regard to the rights of the house in con
nection with such legislation as that of
the reciprocity treaty with Cuba. As
those who have given attention to the
matter are aware, it was contended by
the house of representatives when the
Cuban treaty was lefore the senate that
it was the right of the house, that being
a measure affecting the revenue, to pass
upon It. This claim was after some
controversy conceded by the senate,
which adopted an amendment to the
treaty providing that It should only go
Into effect after action by the congress,
thus requiring the house of representa
tives to act upon It. It was this that
necessitated the call of the extra ses
sion. The bill Introduced by the chairman ot
the ways und means committee sets
forth the terms of the treaty In regard
to the reduction of duties and authorises
the president, when satisfied that Cuba
has made provision to give full effect to
the articles of the treaty," to make proc
lamation of the same, when the treaty
shall take effect. One significant pro
vision in the bill, which it is possible
may cause some controversy, is that
which declares that nothiug contained
In it "shall be held or construed as an
admission on the part of the house of
representatives that customs duties can
be changed otherwise than by act of
eougreaa. originating in said house."
Tina is Ut be understood as a reasscitlon
by the house of representatives of Its
repeatedly made claim that it should
pass upon all legislation, treaty arrange
ments Included, affecting revenue from
customs. That there will be some oppo
sition to this view In the senate Is not
Improbable, but It Is not exttccted to be
so serious as to materially delay action
on the bill. As now Indicated there Is
favorable promise for the reciprocity
treaty.
MISSION OF HKAL EST A Tt EXIStlANUK.
The Omaha Kcal Estate exchange has
Just reorganized for the coming year
under a new set of officers who are,
doubtless, as anxious as were their pred
ecessors to make an enviable record for
themselves through effective work on
the part of the exchange.
The Real Estate exchange has accom
plished much in the movement of tax
reforui, especially in the last two years,
and this work must be continued. Eter
nal vigilance Is the price of liberty and
constant watchfulness will be necessary
not alone to moke further progress but
even to hold that which has already
tteen achieved. The relief of real estate
by the more equitable distribution of
tax burdens and the abolition of tax
shirking and tax evasion is an object
on which all the real estate men are
united. The railroads with their valua
ble terminal properties are the great
shirkers of municipal taxes and the cam
paign for local assessment of railway
terminals for municipal taxation must
be carried to a successful end no matter
how long it takes.
Outside of the tax reform movement
the Real Estate exchange has also other
work to do. It can and should co-oper
ate toward the Improvement and. embel
lishment of the city not only in the mat
ter of public street and paik better
ments but also In substantial private
Improvements. The beauty and attract-
lveness)f the city depends upon the ap
pearance of Its public thoroughfares and
private premises. The members of the
Real Estate exchange, individually and
collectively, can do a great deal to pro
mote n better class of building construc
tion and better care of private houses
and grounds.
The great demand In Omaha today Is
for suitable business blocks and ware
houses and habitable dwellings to be
had at moderate rentals. The work of
Interesting lives tors to place their
money where it will help satisfy this
demand calls for personal effort. Each
of the more prominent real estate deal
ers represents capitalists, investment
corporations or estates which can be
prevailed tqion to put money into the
improvement of Omnha real estate If
convinced that he Mill get reasonable
profits. The Real Ftnt,e exchange has
been exerting ltelf with a view to mak
ing such Investments profitable and
these "fforts must not be relaxed.
Above all Omaha must be made a city
In which people like to live a. city
which, other things being equal, will be
given preference by those intending to
locate as business men or wage workers.
If Omaha grows substantially in popu
latlon its realty values are sure of
steady increase. The mission of the
Real Estate exchange is to build rp
Omaha.
Nebraska's new medical examination
law. which Is to lie put Into effect
shortly. Is expected to impose much
more severe tests on physicians desiring
to practice In this state than hereto
fore. If the law could be made to apply
to physicians already admitted to prac
tice so as to weed out some who never
ought to have been admitted, but who
came In under the lax regulations of
former years, it would be much 'more
serviceable to the general public. It Is
noticeable that the members of every
profession are tlways willing. If not
eager, to stiffen up the requirements of
admission to practice for those who
come after them.
It should be reassuring to the Invest
ing public to be authoritatively In
formed that the rumors of J. Plerpont
Morgan's retirement from active busi
ness are without foundation. Mr. Mor
gan's talents cannot be spared now from
the trust-promoting arena. m The Steel
trust, the Shipbuilding trust and sev
eral other trusts will offer a tempting
field for new inflation as soon as Wall
street's stomach is strengthened enough
to swallow more of the undigested se
curities. Nebraska's congressional delegation
seems to have gotten away to Washing
ton without being officially entertained
by the Omaha Commercial club. That
ought not to prevent them, however,
from being at the sen Ice of Omaha for
anything In the line of official duty that
they can do lo promote the city's growth
and the state's prosperity.
. The democratic steering committee at
Washington wants to line up the demo
crats ugnlnst the administration's
J 'a mi ma policy. We shall soon see
whether ihe pnrty discipline Is stronger
in the present congress than In the last,
when the same attempts to crack the
party whip failed of complete success.
It is certainly remarkable to find the
local Brjanlte organ quoting, Orover
Cleveland as an authority oa our obli
gations to Colombia. We were under
the Impression that (Jrover Cleveland
had been repudiated beyond the pale of
respectful recognition In Its editorial ref
erence room.
i i
Short mm to the Palat.
Minneapolis Times.
President Kooaevelt lias endeared himself
to the hearts of his countrymen, and
especially his newspaper countrymen, by
making hU meaango beautifully brief.
K.iaal Klabte All.
Ban Francisco Call.
1 "reside nt Roosevelt's aplendld assertion
that aa chief executive of the United States
he must Insist upon equal rights to all
and special privilege to none places him
a unique ligure in the story of American
atateamanahlp. He la more than the man
who would rather be right than president.
He is right and president.'
lalateal Vale eif Crwaak.
Milwaukee Bentlnel.
From a perusal of the democratic news
papers It la apparent that the Kentucky
election waa the moat Important from a
national point of view and that Ohio waa
the only state where purely local Issues de
ckled the contest.
Vnele Mark's Strowat Carel.
Baltimore American.
The high favor In which Marcus A.
llanna is held by the labor organisations
of the country Is not among the least of
the reasons why that distinguished senator
should be again Intrusted with the manage
ment of the national campaign for the re
publicans. Characteristic Dual Role.
Chicago Chronicle.
A good deal was said In the probate court
at New Haven the other day about the Im
propriety of permitting Mr. Bryan to play
a dual role he acting ns executor of a will
which It Is his purpose now to conteaV.
Where Mr. Bryan Is better known dual
roles are believed to be right In his line.
Died for Hie Fellows.
New York Tribune
A true hero whose name should be kept
long in remembrance waa Superintendent
Tunier of the Kearsarge mine. In Montana.
A Are started far below the surface and
raged fiercely. The superintendent, who
waa at his breakfast when word was
brought to him, rushed to the scene of
peril without an Instant's delay. With the
help of a faithful and daring employe.
Turner succeeded In dragging out five
bodies. Then both went back, and both
sacrificed their lives In the hope of saving
others. They died for their fellows. What
nobler deed could crown their lives?
Real Estate In Favor.
American Investments.
tt your eyes are open to the happening
of events, you will observe that there has
been of late a great Impulse In the direc
tion of Investing in real estate loans. One
big life Insurance company In New Tork
City, having more Industrials In Its finan
cial maw than Ita policy holders approve
of, last month in a single day rushed Into
the market and bellowed for $1,000,000 of
realty mortgages, of which It had been
making all sorts of fun In years past.
That's always the case. In squally seasons
real estate and the mortgage thereon blow,
soma like Eden's rose. And it's because
the earth Is guileless, honest and free from
deception. Moreover, the wicked promoter
cannot steal It.
BACK, TO THE L.AKD.
Wise lnrestora Tarn from Inflated
Stocks to a 9-are Thlna.
Kansas City Star.
Amid the crash of stocks and the wreck
of Inflated trusts. It will be observed that
land and urban real estate are ahowlng no
tokens of panic or shrinkage. Into all of
the states of the west the procession of
farm buyer continues to move In an unin
terrupted stream. None of the reverses of
speculation has precipitated any lack of
confidence In the soil. It remains, as It
will for all time, the firm and unshaken
basis of the country's wealth.
The man who Is the' possessor of a piece
of land haa the- game In his own hands.
There Is no promoter or stock gambler who
can jeopardize his Investment. Where It Is
purchased with Judgment land ! always
worth the money paid for it, and It Is
bound to increase In value. It cannot be
destroyed 6r carried away. It requires only
Industry to''-make It profitable and produc
tive. It eohstirutes a source of Independ
ence In any condition of the money market
and amid all of the mutations of specula
tive enterprises. '
Real estate represents a tremendous pro
portion of the' wealth of the country. The
richest families In America, In England
and In all of the countries on the globe are
landholders. The As tors In New York af
ford a convincing example. It la the heredi
tary ownership of land that holds the Eng
lish government together. Out of th soil
proceed all Intrinsic values. There will
never be any more land on the globe than
there la now. But there will be million
and r. Illlons more people to consume what
land produce. This makes the upward
tendency of land Inevitable. There I no
escape from that result. No investment
judiciously made In realty behind the In
vestment Is Imperishable.
The country has witnessed, again and
again, and quite recently, the disastrous
effects of yielding to the temptation of tak
ing the chances on another man's game to
obtain large profits. Thousands of people
have lost their all by the collapse of such
schemes as the captains of finance evolve
to rob their victims. Had the men and
women who have been Impoverished by the
"genius" of Mr. Morgan placed their money
In land or urban real estate they would
have something to show for It today and
would not be stricken with the fear of de
pendence and poverty.
Land Is the one thing In this world whose
value is absolutely Intrinsic, and its worth
and desirability ought to be made apparent
as It ha never been made apparent before
by the ruin that ha overtaken those un
fortunate persons who have been fleeced
of their all by licensed stock robbers.
PEnSOMAI. JIOTEJ.
Rev. tir Luther F. Beecher. a cousin
f the late Henry Ward Beecher, died at
Boston on Friday last of old age.
Tt Is all quiet tin the Isthmus now, but
wait until Vribe-rribe couples himself up
with his hyphen and girds on hi armor.
The sultan Is very 111, suffering from
"hallucinations." Hut the belief that the
powers will protect him Is not ore of them.
Dr. CVirlus V. Flndluy of Havana, well
known fur his work on yellow fever, haa
been elected president of the American
Pul!ii Health association
Dr. Edward Everett Hale. In his lecture
before the league for Political Economy,
Just delivered In New York, said that
women must shoulder the musket In order
to achieve equal suffrage.
The Mormon church haa bought the old
Jail at Carthage, III., in which Joseph
Smith, the Mormon prophet, and his
brother, Hiram, were killed by a mob In
the early history of the state.
Richard Strauss now, since his recent de
gree In philosophy from -the University of
Heidelberg. "Dr." Richard Strauss Is to
be the editor of a new magaslne soon to
make its appearance In Berlin under the
title of Die Muslk. It will be devoted to
musical aesthetics and biography.
Amung.the llttle-heard-of relative of the
famous I Orestes P. Chaffee, brother of
Major General Chaffee, who haa-Just visited
Washington. He Is a vigorous, small man.
r.ith seventy year and many adventures
behind Mm -a confederate veteran, for
twenty year a resident of South America,
but for a long time with the military de
partment in Cuba.
M. Combe, who Is about to write hi
name on the' very short roll pf French
republican premier who have quit from
choice and not from necessity, is of English
ancestry, quick and alert In motion, by
profession a physician, and ha been called
"the best hated man In France." He ha
astonished Europe by his masterful energy,
but. being tS year of age, think he has
eurnod a reaC '
BITS OP WASHIXUTOS 14rE,
Mlaer eaaea a. ad lacldeats Sketched
a th Sst.
Dr. Merrill, curator of geology of the
National museum, who has just returned
from a tour of the northwest, reports the
discovery of a forest of opallsed wood, In
Montana. Hitherto the copper state rested
content with th fame of Chlckenbroth
springs, a cave of natural Ice and Mary
MacDane. The new And overflows her cup.
Montana's opallsed wood Is pronounced
more remarkable than the agate petrifica
tion of Arlsona. Dr. Merrill's collection
consists of sections of logs and llmba. In
many of which the grain of the wood Is
discernible. The colors are white, bluish,
smoky, black, and In every case translu
cent. The fact that the wood has bean
changed to opal la apparent at first glance,
even to lay people, the beautiful coloring
and aheen of the opal being unmistakable.
This opallsed' wood take a beautiful pol
ish and a mantelpiece, table top or soda
fountain made of It would outrank In
beauty the finest onyx or marble.
tr. Merrill also obtained some of the
largest crystals of rmoky quarts ever seen
In the museum. One measures two feet in
length and another Is on the way from
Montana that Is even larger.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune thus gossips about com
ing change In the higher rank of the
army: "While the junior grade In the army
I exciting Interest In some quarter, one
of the senior grades Is enjoying a lively
attention within the service. With the re
tirement of Lieutenant General Young In
January there will be promotions of Chaf
fee and Leonard Wood, probably to lieu
tenant general and major general, respect
ively. Wood's advancement Is destined to
Invoke much comment, especially in the
house, where some officers expect to hear
attacks on the retired list, distended now
to an abnormal degree by the premature
advancement and immediate retirement of
many colonels In succession. There Is
hope among the older colonels that the
president will continue this policy of
wholesale promotion and retirement, and
that he may not lack for material nearly
every colonel of the line and the senior
colonels of tho staff have applied to him
for advancement and retirement. He has
also heard from officers who are not colon
els. Among those who have expressed wil
lingness to be considered as suitable for
brigadier general are Colonel Clarence Ed
wards, who was Lawton's adjutant general,
and was with the latter when he was
killed, who Is a captain when he Is with
his regiment and a colonel while In charge
of the Insular bureau; Lieutenant Colonel
H. A. Greene, who Is military secretary of
Lieutenant General Young, although not
formally a member of the general staff at
present, and Captain J. J. Pershing, who
regards his service In Mindanao as war
ranting the reward.
"Colonel Greene makes his application
provisional, and says he does not wish to
be considered In a receptive mood unless
the president considers the names of of
ficers who are Junior to him. The only
objection to be raised to any of these three
officers is on account of their youth and
the fact that their appointment would con
stitute a "hump" In the army compared
with which the notorious stagnation In the
artillery In the old days was, as one officer
expressed It, a giddy merry-o-round. Offi
cers who care to look Into the future re
alise that the day Is rapidly coming when
all branches of the army will appeal for
relief. The older officers have been retired
before their time, and the senior grades
re being filled by young men, who some
times Jump seniors, with the effect of
causing distress and creating discontent.
The material result I In the lack of va
cancies In a few years, the failure of pro
motion and the dry rot of a long, tedious
service In one grade.
Strange things happen in the course of
a lifetime.- Persons whom we meet under
peculiar circumstances and never expect
to encounter again have a curious way of
bobbing up. A remarkable coincidence
that has of late presented Itself was the
singular meeting of M. P. Knight, watch
man, and William M. Skillman. assistant
messenger in the Treasury building.
During the civil war Mr. Knight served
as sergeant In the Fifth Indiana Infantry,
Col. J. W. Foster, afterward secretary of
state, commanding. Mr. Skillman was a
member of Morgan's cavalry, serving on
the side of the Confedracy. One day, dur
ing tho early year of the war, while Mor
gan was operating In Kentucky, Skillman
and other of hi troop received an Invita
tion to attend a wedding, which waa to he
held the same night In a part of Kentucky
lying uncomfortably near a Federal out
post. Nothing daunted, however, the Con
federste cavalrymen decided to attend, and
when night fell they were all, to the num
ber of fifteen or more, gathered at the
home of the bride's parents, to participate
in the wedding festivities. Everything
went well and the guests wore having the
time of their lives when, unfortunately, In
formation of what was In progress reached
Colonel Foster, stationed at some distance
from the scene of the festivities. He at
once determined upon prompt and de
cisive action, and, without more ado. dis
patched Sergeant Knight and a body of
twenty-five or thirty cavalrymen to sur
round the house where the wedding ban
quet was going forward and capture such
of the guests as were members of Morgan's
cavalry. Sergeant Knight performed his
part to a turn,' surprising 'the house, and
taking prisoner every member of the flf- j
teen Confederate cavalrymen within.
An old friend walked into the loom of
the committee on appropriations In the
house Monday and suld to "l iicle .'oe"
Cannon, who was there waiting to be sur
prised by the news that he had been
elected apeakrr: "I came In to pay my
last farewell to Joe Cannon."
"What's the matter?" nsked Cannniv
"Oolng away or going to die?"
"Neither, but In a few minutes It will be
Speuker Cannon, und I em afraid that will
be the end of I'ncle Joe."
"Don't you believe. It." Cannon replied
warmly. "Of eoure I'll be the speaker
when I am In there, but there'll be plenty
of times when I'll be plain Joe Cannon."
When General Ian Hamilton of the Brit
ish btov was in Washington he wxs the
guest of Msjor General Corblu and all his
mail was sent in rare of General Corbln
at the War department. One day eiilte a
batch of letters arrived and was taken In
charge by one of the brlrhtest colored
messenrer In the Wa1- detriment to be
delivered at General Corbln' res'drnce.
But this messenrer and others had read
the rfldresae" and o-wmented on the.
"Ll'tttenant Grral S'r Ian Haml'ton. K
C. B.." they read. '"What doe K. C B.
mean?" asked ne messenger. "Don't vim
know what that mens?" replied the olh
scornfetlv. "wv, K. C. R. renii the 'rB
Csm Back.' Thought every nlggah k no wed
that."
Kaoeklaa ri the Bottom.
Indianapolis News.
United State Steel common stock at
VM and steel Itaeif going down! Even the
greatest trust can not transmute water
Into gold. Overcapitalisation carries In
Itself the seeds of Its own destruction.
Th vesting public la beginning to learn
that even tbe J. P. Morgan ran not make
something out of nothing as a continuous
&
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a sdski
... ..,. - Her grandmother watched a shadow on
the xltchea floor and guessed the time. Her mother felt of the
!!", 'u",e2 hest. This modern, up to-date woman
doesneHlier. forSHK KNOWS. She h a Now Moore's
? "- with a reliable Open 7?ermomrr and every
facility for cooking with ease and certainty. He sure and sir
us opportunity to show yon these before yon buy.
For sale by ebraska
Sooth Omaha, and by all
F.t HOES OF THE AMTAIUV
Grand Island Independent: If Mr. Har
rington should say now that this was the
last year of fusion, tho Independent would
be more Inclined to believe that he hnd a
neat hunch.
Kearney Hub: It ha been commented
on by the republican press thst In the re
cent state campaign Judge Sullivan took
an honorable stand for decent and honest
political methods, which Is true, but does
not apply to the work of his campaign
managers. Some very disreputable work
was done to secure the defeat of Judge
Sullivan's opponent. Judge Barnes. In
which Sullivan as a candidate had no part.
Fairfield Herald: Now that election Is
over, people In Nebraska can continue the
work of putting in the crib a pretty satis
factory corn crop against the wintry blasts
soon to come, and In contemplating a
mighty promising winter wheat crop in
embryo now showing Itself. Nebraska
prosperity Is founded on a generous soil
and Is helped along In Its career of bless
ing mankind by a genial climate: and. best
of all, the prosperity is of a kind that Is
pretty generally diffused.
Fairfield Herald: People thought around
here that If Judge Barnes was
elected the World-Herald that Sun
day school advocate of pure pol
itics would have a conniption fit and die,
but It didn't. The World-Herald is tough.
It .just came out as usual, and even gave
a picture of Barnes Instead of the old one
of Prince Bismarck which it used during
the campaign to save the expense of hav
ing a cut made new. The World-Herald Is
a gay old deceiver, after all.
Franklin Hentlnel: Fusion Is a failure.
Democratic voters of Franklin county have
accomplished what a few straight popu
lists have been trying to bring about for
years, namely, the end of the so-called co
operation of two parties. With a few dem
ocratic politicians It has '.ong been a scram
ble for place and power and they prefer to
see republicans In the offices which they
are unable to capture. We have known for
a long time that there was a colored gen
tleman In the wood pile, but we hardly
suspected that he would reveal his pres
ence in all Its hideousnesa and deceit while
there was yet another chance of swiping'
pie from his hoodwinked ally. The election
returns are susceptible of but one Inter
pretation and that is that republicans and
democrats combined for the defeat of pop
ulist candidates. How well they succeeded
Is eloquently told by the huge majorities
piled up for their own nominees. The elec
tion of 1903 Is over and perhaps we should
be thankful for the result, for It marks
the turning point in the life of our party.
A new epoch begun the morning following
the election and when it ends the Omaha
platform will be the law of the land and
the ideals of the peoples' Independent party
will be realized
WHEJ IS A MAX nit'Hf
A Problem More Anno) lug Than the
Chinese Pnssle.
New York Times.
Those who are still seeking an answer to
the question nked some weeks ago in
there column. When Is a man rich? will
undoubtedly be Interested In the case of
the 'longshoreman who waa brought he- j
fore the police magistrate in Harlem a few
days ago on the charge of drunkenness. I
For a time, at least, this unfortunate per-
son wan probably, in his own estimation,
the richest man on the American con
tinent. A yeur ugo. while working on one
of the docks, his leg was crushed by falling
timber. It had to be amputated. About
five weeks ago he was awarded damages
In $3,000, which were paid him in cash, and
Instantly he passed from poverty to afflu
ence. Three thousand dollars doubtless
seemed to him an Inexhaustible sum of
money. He devoted himself to pleasure,
and as his only Ideal of enjoyment seems
o luive been to follow the primrose path
of dal. lance with alcohol, he promptly got
drunk and remained so. He must have
gone the pace to have disposed of the
greater part of his monev in less than
two months, but while it lasted he could
have answered the question, When Is a
man rich? by pointing to himself and wav
ing hi wooden leg In cele'ji ltion of his
overwhelming good fortune.
That the ave-.-age man would have consid
ered him a poor, unfortunate not. doubly
to be pitied by reason of his ability tem
porarily to gratify bin fatal pn-te for
Waltham Watches
Guaranteed against all defects in
workmanship or material.
"The Perfected American Witch," in illustrated book
of interesting information about -watches, will be sent
' free upon request.
American Waltham Watch Company,
Waltham, Mass.
The lwt shop for men arc those that arc the most becoming to tho
niHti's feet.
A tiuulun pruduccr, no matter how pivlty whe:i new. Is a total fail
ure. Decatur shoes are In fitting shapes and fitted by cspuhlo fitters.
From Maktr
$3.50 aud $5
Moore's
Stoves
Always
Please
SHE GUESSING?
Not Much I
Farnltaro A Carpet Co.,
lara-e store dealers.
BBiiMiSn If i A 1 .
drink. Is unimportant. Not every one who
thinks himself rich Is envied of others, and
that the 'longshoreman with the wooden
leg gave himself up to a life of pleasure
without concern for the future Is a grim
satire upon much that on sees dally In
tho higher social planes. He Is a typo
and as such Is well worth considering.
For the time being he undoubtedly feit
richer than any multi-millionaire of them
all. Whether when his last dollar Is gone
he will realise that he Is poor, or whether
the memory of the "time" he had when his
pockets were bulging with bank notes and
silver will make the stern realities of
enforced abstinence and the hard fare of
the alms house seem the unrealities o'f a
delirium tremens, who can say? He Is not
the only man who has lived In the fool's
paradise of imaginary wealth, and Is not
likely to be the last. He differs from many
In the fact that he did have enough money
to spend while it lasted.
POIKTEII HJJMAHKS.
McJigger Did you notice the .dor ol
violet about that fellow Fopley?
Thingumbob Yes, I don't think much
of a fellow that uses a rerfume.
McJipger No. he Isn't worth a scent.
Philadelphia Press. -
,V
Hicks He Isn't much like a captain of 1
industry, Is he? . J
Wicks-No. He's a lieutenant of laziness.
Somervllle Journal. ,4
"Laura," complained Mr. Ferguson,
"there is a strange greasy flavor about this
coffee."
"I remember now," explained Mrs. Fer- ''
guson, "that my sleeve got in the soup
a while ago." Chicago Tribune.
"Don't you sometimes tvIkIi you could
write your name on the iicroll of fame?"
"I'm not worrying Hbout '.hat." answered
Senator Sorghum. "The scroll of fame
Isn't the book that the ba lk cihler turns
to when you want a check certified."
Washington Star.
"George certainly Is a man of action."
"What has he done?"
"Why, the very next day after the heir-
ess accepted him he gave up bis Job at t
the bank and Joined the Don't Worry club."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Fred took me to the opera last night." 1
said the first dear. girl. ' we had a box." j
"Yes," rejoined dear g!rl No, 2. "I saw j
you eating candy in the gallesy. but I
wasn't quite sure whether you hud a box
or a paper bag." Chicago News.
Intoxicated Rounder (before the station ,
desk) Thai he hand that shook the hand 1
of Sullivan. 1
Police Sergeant (calmly) I see. And vou f
haven't washed It since. Somervllle Jour- 1
nal.
"Why are you knocking at the gate, i
Sir Sorrow? There la not a lock j
You cannot open, soon or late
So kindly ay: Why do you knock?" f
"Because," eald Sorrow, "when I can ,
(I think 'tis only right and fair!)
I like to give unto a man
A chance to see me and prepare." i
- New Orleans Times-Democrat. H
THE GRISDSTOXK OF KATE.
Roy Farrell Greene In Success.
One day when I. a boy, bewailed the wealth
to me denied,
I recollect my Uncle Hiram taking me
aside
To chide me for my petulanoe and whisper
in my ear
A bit of homespun logic and some facts de
signed to cheer.
"My boy," he ald, "In after year you'll
recognize that strife,
Unceasing toil and poverty equip one best
for life;
For men. like tools, don't get an edge on
things as smooth aa wax,
It' just the grlndHtono's roughness, lad,
that sharpen up the axe.
" 'T ii Lincoln's task of splitting rails, his
buffeting by fate
In early life, that made him fit to steer
to steer I
steel, a '
the HhlD of State.
A towpath life proved Garfield's
tan yard s pleasures scant w w
And weary round of work brought out tL-. "a
dchi mere was in urani.
If each had held within his mouth, when
born, a sliver spoon,
And had not been so ground by Fate the
whole of life's forenoon.
Their brains that keenness would have
larked to probe prosaic facta
It' juat the rlndKtoue' roughness, lad,
that sharpens up the axe.
"If things went always smooth with you,"
my ITncle Hiram vowed.,
"You'd go through life unknown and undis
tinguished from the crowd.
More apt than not; while rapping want and
grinding work, I've found.
Will sharpen wits that steps may cleave ,
to Fortune's higher ground. '
The wearing stones of Fate that seem your
progress to retard
You'll some day uless, and thank the world
for bearing down so hard.
The grit that puts mi edge on is ,'usl what
Success exacts
It's lust the grindstone's roughness, lad.
that sharpens up tne nxe!"
to Wearer.
A UN AM
n
performance.